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UNITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

APPARATUS FOR LOADING VESSEL S.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 743,167, dated November 3, 1903. Application filed May 21, 1903. Serial No. 158,102. (No model.)

This illVBlllllOlll'BlEtliGS to improvements in apparatus for loadinglumber, timber, or other,

material of. a heavy nature on vessels, an ob-: ject being to provide a device of this character by means of which the lumber or other material may be rapidly placed on a vessel, thus resulting in economy of loading.

1 will describe an apparatus for loading vessels embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying? drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indi a cate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vessel, show-l ing aloading apparatus embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a stern end elevation thereof Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a means for anchoring the con-} veyer-cables. Fig. 5 is a perspective view Ofj a sling employed. Fig. 6 is a detail showing} a hook employed for shifting heavy timber or the like. Fig. 7 shows a hook employed? in the sling, and Fig. 8 is a perspective view} of a cable-clamp employed. 1

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the? deck of a vessel, 2 the foremast, and 3 the} spanker-mast. 'Extended along or fore and aft of the vessel and at a suitable distance above the deck are the conveyor-cables, upon which slings, to be hereinafter described, are designed to move to carry the load. The twoi center cables 4 5 are arranged one each side of the vessels mast,'andthe rear ends are connected to the spanker-sheet ring 6, while the forward ends are connected to rings 7 8, attached to a bridle 9, passed around the bow-. sprit of the vessel. At one side of the cable 4 and coacting therewith as one of the tracks or runways for the sling is a cable 10, while outside of this cable 10 is a pair of cables 11;

12, and at the outer sideof the cable 5 and coacting therewith is a cable 13, and outside of this cable 13 are the track-cables 14 15.

The outer cables 12 and 15 pass along the outer side of the rigging, and the stern ends of the three outer cables 10, 11, and 12 are passed through the mooring-chuck l6 and thence around the mooringbitts 17 18, the extreme ends being wound several times around the stern-bitt 18. The cables 13, 14, and 15 are passed through the mooring-chuck 19 and thence around the mooring-bitts 2O 21. The several cables 10, 11, 4, 5, l3, and 14 near the stern end pass over a cross-rod 22, connected to a collar 23 on the mast 3, and the outer ends connect with the cables 12 15. This cross-rod consists of several sections connected one to the other by turn-buckles 24, so that by manipulating these turnbuckles the several cables may be moved to and held in parallelism. Of course the several cables pass with-a downward incline from the rod 22 to their connections with the vessels deck. A similar cross-rod 25 is attached at its center to a collar 26 on the foremast 2, and this rod is provided with turnbuckles 27, serving the same purpose as the turnbuckles 24 of the rod 22. These several cables just described connect at the forward end with the rings 7 8, as clearly shown in the drawings. From the cables 4, 10, 11,

and 12 hanger-cables 28 extend upward and.

connect with a ring 29 on a sling-cable 30, and from the several cables at the opposite side hangers 31 extend to a ring 32, connected to a cable 33. At the forward end hangers 34 extend to a connection witha ring 35, and hangers 36 are connected at their upper ends to a ring similar to the ring 35, but of course at the opposite side of the mast. Connections at the forward end between the several cables and the rings 7 S are made in sections connected by turnbuckles 37, by means of which the several cables may be drawn taut. Clamping devices connect the stern ends of the main or runway cables with short cables. The clamps consist of two parts 39 40, which are each L-shaped, and eachis provided in one of its members with an opening to receive the screw-threaded end of a member of the other part of the clamp, as clearly shown in Fig. 8. By means of these clamps the main cables may be quickly separated from the fastening devices at the bow.

In loading a vessel the lumber is passed up to the vessel on skids 41. The lumber or timber is designed to be drawn up by a denkey-engine connected to the cables 42 43, the said cables being supported in the rigging and having their outer ends of course attached to the lumber. The skids pass over the cabin 44 and underneath the cables 4 5.

I will now describe the slings for support- Y ing the lumber or other material while moving along the vessel.

Each sling comprises a top bar and a bottom bar 46, this bottom bar 46 being pro vided with rollers 47 in its upper side, so that the lumber may be easily moved on said bottom bar. The bars 45 46 are connected by chains 48, the connection of said chains with the bar 46 being made through the medium of slip-hooks 49. two sections pivotally connected at 50, and in connecting the parts the outer or swinging member of the slip-hook is passed through an eye 51 on the bar 46 and then turned upward andengaged byalocking-ring52. Thechains 48 pass through openings in the bar 45 and connect at their upper ends with a hangerframe 53. This hanger-frame 53 has its opposite sides divergent, and between the upper ends of each member of a side is arranged a grooved pulley 54, designed to run on a cross-track 55, which is braced by an arch-bar 56 and uprights 57, extended between the track and the arch-bar. At the ends of the track are upwardly and divergently arranged frame members 58, in which ground-rollers 59 are arranged. By this arrangement it is obvious that the slings carrying the load may not only be moved lengthwise of the vessel, but may be moved transversely thereof, so as to place the lumber in the desired position. Of course there will be two slings for each pair of cables, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1.

Extended from the frame 53 and through an opening in the bar 45 is a rod 60, the lower end of which has a hook member 61, designed to be engaged by a hook 62 on a stirrup 63, in which a block 64 is mounted to swing. This block 64 has a screw-threaded opening to receive the thread of a lifting-bar section 65. The lower end of this bar 65 is also screw-threaded to engage in a tapped hole in a block 66, mounted to swing in the divergent members of a hook 67. At the center the rod 65 is provided with an enlargement 68, having an opening in which a bar may be insertedto turn said rod 65. The threads at the end of the bar will be formed in opposite directionsthat is, one a right-hand thread and the other a left-hand threadas clearly indicated in Fig. 6. This bar is designed for lifting heavy lumber or loads, so that the slip-hooks may be detached from the bars, after which the lumber is to be lowered to the place of stowage.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- These slip-hooks consist of.

1. An apparatus'for loading vessels comprising cables extended lengthwise of the vessel, a frame movable along said cables, and a sling movable on said frame transversely of the cables.

2. An apparatus for loading vessels, comprising conveyer-cables extended lengthwise of the vessel, tightening devices at the ends of said cables, the several cables being arranged in pairs, means for holding the cables in parallelism, and slings movable along the cables.

3. An apparatus for loading vessels, comprising pairs of cables extended lengthwise of the vessel, cross-rods at the fore and aft ends of the vessel, with which the cables connect, each of said cross-rods consisting of sections connected by turnbuckles, and anchoring or fastening devices for the fore and aft ends of the cables.

4. Aloadingapparatus for vessels, comprising pairs of cables extended along and over the vessels deck, means for securing said cables, and slings each consisting of a cross-track, rollers on said cross-track for engaging with the cables of a pair, a frame having rollers engaging on the cross-track, top and bottom bars supported from said frame, and slip-hooks for engaging the supporting-chains with the bottom bar.

5. In an apparatus for loading vessels, cables extended lengthwise of the vessel, bar connections between the foremast and the side rigging of the vessel, a bar connection between the spanker-mast and the side rigging, each of said bar connections consisting of sections, turnbuckles connecting the sections, cables extended over said cross-bars,

connections between the rear ends of the cables and the stern of the vessel, and connections between the forward ends of the cables and the bow of the vessel.

6. Aloadingapparatus for vessels, comprising a cross-rod extended between the foremast and the side rigging of the vessel, and consisting of sections connected by turnbuckles, a cross-rod connecting the spankermast with the side rigging, the said rod consisting of sections connected by turnbuckles, cables extended lengthwise of the vessel and over said cross-rods, hangers supporting the cross-rods, devices for connecting the rear ends of the cables with the stern of the vessel, and devices for connecting the forward ends of said cables with the bow of the vessel.

7. An apparatus for loading vessels, comprising rods extended across the vessel near the fore and aft ends, cables extended over said cross rods, means for connecting the rear ends of said cables with the stern of the vessel, and adjustable connections between the forward ends of said cables and the bow of the vessel.

8. An apparatus for loading vessels, comprising cables extended lengthwise of the vessel above the deck, cross-supports for said cables, means for connecting the rear ends of the cables with the stern of the vessel, a bridle for passing around the boom of the vessel, connections between said bridle and the forward ends of the cables, and turnbuckles in said connections.

9. An apparatus for loading vessels, comprising cables extend ed lengthwise of the vessel, a cross-rail having divergent members at its ends, pulleys in said. members for engaging with the cables of a pair, an arch member at the under side of said rail, a frame movable lengthwise of the rail, and a sling connecting the said frame.

10. In an apparatus for loading vessels, a pair of cables extended lengthwise of the vessel, a cross-track, rollers on said track for engaging with the cables, a frame movable lengthwise of the track, a sling consisting of upper and lower members, chains passing from the lower member through openings in the upper member and connecting with said frame, a rod extended from the frame through an opening in the top member, and a liftingrod removably connecting with said bar, the

said lifting-rod comprising swinging blocks having tapped openings, a hook on the upper swinging block for engaging with a hook on the rod, a hook at the lower end, atapped block mounted to swing in said hook, the

CHRIS. J. INGARD.

Witnesses:

ALBERT N. GODFREY, C. W. WALKER. 

